Decarbonising the UK by 2050
In a ground-breaking move back in 2008, the United Kingdom positioned itself as a trailblazer by Read More …
Author: Angela Wenham
Climate change and financial risk
Financial supervisors and regulators have recently come to acknowledge the potentially significant role of climate change Read More …
Weather, Conflict, and Migration in Somalia
Summary: As the planet continues to warm, forced migration is growing in places least responsible for Read More …
Is a Carbon Tax Enough?
Support for carbon taxes has increased over the recent years. How much of an impact they Read More …
For state-owned companies, it’s not always just a carbon tax!
Electricity generation companies owned by governments (“state-owned power companies”, or SPCs) are the dominant firm type Read More …
Forecasting Challenges
Forecasting tends to be a heavily scrutinised discipline at the best of times. Currently, it is Read More …
The COVID-19 Crisis and the Road to Green or Brown Recovery
The COVID-19 crisis has had and continues to have both direct and indirect implications for Read More …
Aiming for nothing: The UK’s Net-Zero Goal
COP26 has come to an end and while its successes and failures are debated, the Read More …
Why Climate Econometrics?
Why are econometric methods so appropriate for empirical modelling of climate time series? A forthcoming paper Read More …
A tale of two sides: Spanning the divide within Climate Econometrics
Human activity affects our climate while itself being affected by climate change. To what extent they Read More …
Human migration and the impact of climate change
Human migration and its causes can be a contentious subject. People choose to leave their homes Read More …
Why we need good models
We live in an ever-changing world frequently rocked by unexpected events. When this happens, models can Read More …
Decarbonising transport: Can it be done?
The UK was the first major economy to legally commit to working towards a target of Read More …
Chasing a moving target: How do glacial cycles affect our changing climate?
Some sceptics say that climate change is a wholly natural occurrence, pointing to past glacial cycles Read More …
Decarbonising Agriculture
The first wave of COVID-19 sent shockwaves through global economies. Once the haze began to lift, Read More …
Does the weather affect COVID-19?
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere has come and gone – and while we fire up our Read More …
Spiralling costs: Estimating hurricane damages
Hurricane season is upon us and with it comes the recurring question: what will the damage Read More …
On the move: What drives Somalia’s migration?
Situated in northeast Africa, Somalia endures both political and climate extremes. Violent groups like Al-Shabaab dominate Read More …
Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development
Ryan Rafaty has co-authored a chapter in a new book from the World Bank, Technology Transfer Read More …
Climate Policy Lessons from the Hambach Forest
Earlier this year marked a milestone in Germany’s energy transition, or ‘Energiewende’, as the federal government Read More …